How to stay awake while waiting for a plane
I have to travel by plane at 5 a.m from the Tunis airport in Tunisia. I don't have anywhere to spend the night since I live in another city. I have to get there 'early' because of transport availability. How can I stay awake the whole night?
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Do you need to stay awake? Most airports allow sleeping, in varying degrees of comfort, and there's even a site devoted to this. Just set an alarm (or three) to wake you up before your flight: two hours early if you haven't checked in yet, one hour if you have.
It's usually also perfectly safe to sleep in airports, especially airside (after security & immigration), although obviously it's good to keep close to your valuables. I recommend using your backpack as a pillow and bringing a bicycle lock or equivalent so you can chain any larger bags/backpacks to something solid.
Larger airports will also have on-site transit hotels where you can sleep in a proper bed. Obviously these cost money, but you can often rent them by the hour, and a stay of a few hours probably won't cost too much.
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